pany’s . New \mong Valker ) com- aptain 't de e day Mount ic and were This d the ed an reater > May e dis- ridge or. 1 There es be- which . cone onsid- atives of the moun- rarned > high pation is no atives 3 they There ent is Kings- as an dnight fe. A s that oy the licker: sight 1 and “ION. chants ed, ~ com- testi: labor ey, as iation, f the | that, nm was Ww was by the tion. Com- 1ed at dele- cities A con 1g for y each njured engers a col le ele e Bel a, the f $50, ngland oposes 3 com: kalani her at of the resent. n Ha- s that *h she guides naking erland, dit is h ecided system e and ent in- there. t Con- assage y four ers on er the an in 1 boat ent or nation: ho has book- , office , was y count’ rgeries States ct the irm in for 20, ite for age of nd and on full esburg ‘stands =y Great with a » eruls mpany train a, not 1zains) VE a“ vy Pas 1 be MRS. J. E. O'DONNELL Was Sick Eight Years with Female Trouble and Finally Cured by Lydia E. FPinkham’s Vegetable Compound. “DEAR Mns. PiNgmAM:—I have never in my life given a testimonial before, but you have done so much for me that I feel called upon to give you this unsolicited acknowledgement of MRS. JENNIE E. O'DONNELL, President of Oakland Woman’s Riding Club. the wonderful curative value of Lydia XE. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- pound. For eight years I had female trouble, falling of the womb and other complications. During that time I was more or less of an invalid and mot much good for anything, until one day I found a book im my hall telling of the cures you could perfcrm. I became interested ; I bought a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable m- pound and was helped; I céntinued its use ang in seven months was cured, and since that time I have had perfect health. Thanks, dear Mrs. Pinkham again, for the health I now enjoy.” — : ny JENNIE O’DONNZILL, 278 East 31st S%., Chicago, Ill. — $5000 forfeit if above testimonial is not genuine. Women suffering from any form of female ills'can be cured by Lydia XE. Pinkham’s Vegeta= ble Compound. Thal’s sure. . Mrs. Pinkham advises sick wo= men free. Address, Zynn, Mass. For five months no rain has fallen in Greece. Cure For Asthira, Sufferers from Asthma, Ilay Fever or Bronchitis will be interested to learn that Dr. R. Schiffmann’s “Asthma Cure” instant- ly relieves the most viclent attack, insures comfortable sleep and has effected cures in thousands of cases that had previously tried every other remedy in vain. No waiting for results. Its action is immediate, direct and certain. Bo firm is his confidence that the doctor requests this paper to announce that he has sent to druggists of this town, as well as to all other druggists in this coun- try, sample packages of his remedy, which will be given free to sufferers of above com- plaints, who apply promptly, thus offering an opportunity to such as have not yet tried the remedy to make a personal test which will convince the mos$ skeptical. Persons failing for any reason to receive & sampls package from their druggist will roceive one free by mail by sending name and address (enclosing 2 cent stanip for Postage) to Dr. R. SBchiffmann, Box 814, St. Paul, Minn. There are 25,000 pores in the hand of a man, There are 4550 muscles in the body of a moth. Sir Joshua Fitch told a story at the nature study exhibition in Lon- don illustrating the popular wonder at scientific knowledge. Sir John Avenbury was showing the heavens through his telescope to some neigh- bors and servants, when one exclaim- ed: “I do not wonder, Sir John, that clever people find out the sizes and distances of the stars and how they move; but what beats me is how you ever could tell their names!” ST. JACOBS | OIL POSITIVELY CURES Rheumatism Neuralgia Backache Headache Feetache All Bodily Aches | AND CONQUERS | PAIN. | all how 0 some a dealers will im- . pose on 3 their customers by offering them, when Ala- tine is called for, cheap kalsomines that will spoil their walls. Such action is certainly prompted by and 7 a such ; meth- i ods will n t o commend themselves to honest dealers. Alabastine, ardurable cement base wall coating, not a kalsomine, costs no more to apply than cheap dope that spoils your walls and injures the health of your family. Alabastine is a dry pow- er, comes in packages, mixes with cold water, in white and fourteen beautiful tints, for use on plastered walls, wood ceiling, brick or canvas, superior to paintor paper. Full directions on ever ckage, -Ask druggist or paint dealer or sample card of tints or write to ALABASTINE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, - MICH. na .you $250 if you will write a letter to During the past twenty-five years the fire loss in the United States has exceeded $2,800,000,000. For 1902 the value of property destroyed by fire will exceed $170,000,000. There is a point near the famous Stony Cave, in the Catskill Mountains, where ice may be found on any day in the year. This locality is known as the Notch, and is walled in on all sides by steep mountains, some of which are more than 3000 feet high. Striking proof of the efficacy of vac- cination comes from Porto Rico. Up to 1899 there was an annual death rate from smallpox of over G00. In that year, in four months, 860,000 vaccina- tions were made. Since then the mor- tality from smallpox has been but two per annum in a population of about a million. Trepanning the skull is known as a probable treatment used by prehistoric surgeons. It appears that the ancient practice still survives in Helanesia, and the Rev. J. A. Crump reports that na- tives of New Britain treat fractures from sling stones by trepanning with a piece of shell or a flake of obsidian. In eighty per cent. of the cases recovery follows in two or three weeks. An interesting family has been ex- hibited by James M. Wilson, of Town- send, Del. It is composed of a mother: ly dog and three half-grown fox cubs. The mother fox had been traced to her den and killed when the cubs were found, their eyes not yet open. The dog was just then raising a family of puppies and the little foxes were taken home and given her. The dog wel comed the little orphans and is nursing them as her own. In the Carpinteria Valley, a few miles from Santa Barbara, Cal. is an enormous grapevine. It was planted in 1842 by Joaquina Lugo de Ayala, and therefore has just completed its three score years. The first election in Santa Barbara County was held under its ample shade. This candidate for the world record is double from the surface of the ground up; the two parts are knit together in a David and Jona. than like embrace to a height of about five feet seven inches, where they sep arate into huge branches, the largest having a circumference of three feet. Six inches above the ground the vine measures eight feet five and a halt inches in circumference and it covers an area 115 feet square. Sixty posts support the frame work. The owner says that, were provislon made, il would spread over a greater surface for it is pruned every year. tales are told of the grapes this. vine produces. That it actually did yield ten tons in a recent season seems to be authentic. A Dentist’s Bad Bargain. During a recent festival at Neuilly a young woman attracted the attention of a large crowd by holding a heavy bar of iron between her teeth. Among those who watched her was a dentist and at the close of her performance a luminous idea came to him, and he de. termined to carry it out. Going to the young woman he said: “Mademoiselle, I-am a dentist, and therefore I am more impressed with the wonderful power of your jaws than any one else. Now, I am about ta make a proposition to you; I will give me saying that you do all this work by the aid of a set of false teeth which 1 have manufaceured for you.” After some thought the young wom. an replied: “I will accept your offer on one condition. You must first give me as many dollars as I can raise from the ground with my teeth.” The dentist hesitated a moment, and then said that he would give her in dol- lars as many twenty-five-cent pieces as she could raise. To this she agreed, and a few minutes later the dentist was almost stupified when he saw her raise a weight which was equal to that of $10,000.—New York Times. Duplicates of “Unique?” Books. “There is, perhaps, nothing more cer- tain to turn up than a second copy ot a ‘unique book,” ” says the Athenaeum, “Kor over four centuries the now fa- mous 1493 edition of the Malermi Bible (Venice) was as completely lost as if it had never existed. Within about a month of each other two copies ‘were discovered, one by Mr. Voynich in Italy and the other by the Duc de Ri voli in Vienna. Quite recently a third copy has been unearthed by a Conti nental bookseller, and doubtless other examples will be found in due course, A fine copy is worth at least $1500. The peculiarity of the 1493 issue is that many of the wood cuts are quite differ- ent from those in the 1480, 1492 and 1494 editions; four of these beautiful illustrations are reproduced in facsim- ile in Mr. Voynich’s ‘Second l.ist of Books.” ” me a Oregon’s Oldest Inhabitant. William Abernethy. of Dora, Coos County, Oregon, is believed to be the oldest living pioneer of that State. His family left Illinois in 1839, traveled by wagon and canal boat to New York, and thence sailed around the Horn. There was no San Irancisco then. so their ship headed for the mouth of the Columbia River, where they arrived in June, 1840. Mr. Abernethy, who is a well preserved man of seventy. helped his father build the first sawmill erect- Fabulous |. ed in Oregon. Sh THE MARKETS. PITTSBURG. Grain, Flour and Feed. Wheat—No. 2 red..... 0. ye—No. 2........ 58 59 Corn—No. 2 yellow, ear.. 76 7 No. 2 yellow, shelled.. or 89 0 Mixed ear............ «09 7 Oats—No, 2 white. . 28 37 No. 8 white....... 324 35 Flour—Winter paten 4 00 05 ancy straight w 3 90 Hay—No. 1timnothy..... 15 00 fd bet Clover No. 1....... Feed—No I white mid. ton.. Brown middlings Bran, bulk,..... .... Straw—Wheat ........ Oat Dairy Products. Butter—Elgin creamery Ohio creamery. .... 24 25 .. Fancy country rol Cheese—Ohio, new... . 3 Now York, new................ 12° 14 Poultry, Etc. Bens—per h.......e........... Chickens—dressed ... ,....... Eggs—Pa. and Ohio, fresh Fruits and Vegetables. Green Beans—per Das..........eeeeenns 100 3 g ametBRER as BEES2233R Potatoes—Fancy white per bus. 60 Cabbage—per bbls... ......... 100 Onions—per barrel .... 250 BALTIMORE. Flour— Winter Patent .... $370 38 Wheat—No. 2 red 69 6914 Corn—mixed.... 69 7 BES ....oviirs creeneriniren vats 2 23 Butter—Ohio creamery.............. 23 24 PHILADELPHIA. Flour—Winter Patent.... $3 50 400 Wkteat—No, 2 red... 73 7314 Corn—No, 2 mixed 69 6914 Oats—No. 2 white. 36 861g Butter—Creamery, 23 Wig Eggs—Pennsylvania firsts. 21 NEW YORK. Flour—Patents...c........... 400 heat—No, 2red i 7 Corn—No. 2.......... +1 2 Oats—No, 2 White 33 33%4 Butter—Creamery ............ x 23 LEggs—Stateand Pennsylva 20 2 LIVE STOCK. Central Stock Yards, East Liberty, Pa. Cattle. Prime heavy, 1500 to 1600 1bs .$625 675 Prime, 1300 to 1400 ibs. . . 500 675 Medium, 1200 to 1800 lbs 475 6 00 Fathelfers........ .. 300 500 Butcher, 900 to 1000 lbs. . 400 4 50 Common to fair........ vevevs, S00 3 50 Ozxen, common to fat ...... ... ... 800 350 Common togood fat bulls and cows 200 425 Mileh cows, each...... ... .. ...0 2500 8500 Extra milch cows, each............ 4000 5000 Hogs. Prime heavy hogs.................. 78 79% Prime medium weights.............$ 7 80 785 Best heavy yorkers and medium... 77 780 Good to choice packers............ 760 790 Good pigs and light yorkers........ 700 7385 Pigs, commen togood......... - 690 720 Common to fair......... eee 710 750 Roughs . ..600 7-0 Stags.......................0..... 550 62% Sheep. 415 380 350 200 50 80 550 625 8 50 500 6 00 500 TRADE IS RUSHING. All Indications Point to the Breaking of Records—Crops Only Slight- ly Injured. R. G. Dun & Cos Weekly Review of Trade says: “Domestic trade con- tinues active, high rates for money having thus far failed to check in- dustrial operations or unsettle confi- dence. Stringency is considered only temporary and chiefly of importance to speculators while large imports of gold promise relief. Crops are mak- igg encouraging progress, despite some injury from frost, Labor dis- putes are few, the anthracite coal strike being the only one that retards progress, and each week shows some increase in output. Fall distribution of merchandise has begun unusually early, while the volume of orders al- ready placed indicates much the heav- iest aggregate on record. At the south and west conditions are especially fa- vorable, shipping departments work- ing vigorously, and payments are promptly made. Traflic congestion causes complaint, yet railway earn- ings thus far available for September show a gain of 4.9 per cent over last year’s returns and 15.17 per cent over 1900. Official returns of foreign com- merce during August show the im- provement in exports over the two preceding months that was indicated by the weekly movement of merchan- dise and staples and imports far sur- passed the corresponding month in preceding years. This liberal buying in foreign markets testifies to well- sustained domestic consumption, par- ticularly as to iron and steel, but im- ports of coal are abnormal and will be still more of an element in sub- sequent statement. Relief comes slowly to consumers of coke, although each week brings a new high record of output. Stocks are becoming bur- densome in the Connellsville yards. The worst effect is the increasing im- portation of pig iron, Great Britain alone sending 70,000 tons during Au- gust, while arrangements are now be- ing made for remote deliveries. ' Steel is also coming in freely, German pro- ducers accepting orders at gradually advancing quotations. Estimates of the tonnage on the books of the lead- ing domestic concern fall little short of 5,000,000 tons, covering deliveries nine months ahesd. Recent advances in tin and copper were not maintained, supplies proving fully equal to de- mands. Woolens and worsteds are notably quiet because leading con: cerns have sold their entire product cf staple goods. Failures for the week numbered 199 in the United States, against 157 last year, and 25 in Can- ada, compared with 20 a year ago. Bradstreet’s says: ing flour, exports for the week ending September 18, aggregate 5,435,323 bushels, against 5,444.142 bushels last week, 3,840,574 bushels in this week last year, and 3,535,857 bushels in 1900. NVheat exports since July 1 aggregate 55,537,085 bushels, against 2,181,845 bushels last season, and 8.5 bushels in 1300. Wheat, includ- | Sphinx Crumbling to Dust, D. G. Longworth of the “Sphinx” newspaper, Cairo, Egypt, who i3 now in England, brings the warzing that the wondrous marvel of the ancient world, the Egyptian Sphinx, ig rapidly decaying. It will not now, he says, be able long to withstand the altering climate of Egypt, due to the irriga- tion of recent years. A few years ago an hour’s downfall of rain once a year was a novelty in Egypt. The natives regarded it as some dire message of reproach from the gods. The irri- gation and the many trees about the Delta has changed this. Fifteen to 18 days’ heavy rain falls now every year on the head of the Sphinx. The se- vere ‘“Khamseem” sandstorm follows and cuts into the soddened limestone of the ancient monument, literally whittling it away all over the surface. Proper Way to Exercise. Instead of wearing out their strength in contortion machines, relief-seekers should flee to the woods and the mountains, should pitch their tents in some neighboring wooded high- lands and share the fun of hoeing out a trail to the next spring; should gather raspberries in the deep clefts, and climb trees in quest of squirrel’s nests; should fetch their own fuel from the pine-knot bottoms, and arrange expeditions to the highest peaks of the neighborhood. In that manner, a two weeks’ camp in Elysium will suffice to lay in a reserve store of health for several months of town life; and, besides, experience will prove that with a practical purpose and the stim- ulus of visible results enables an inva- lid to beguile himself into an amount of exercise unattainable by the man- ual of the horizontal bar. A Prize for Matches. The Belgian government offered several years ago a prize of 50,000 francs for the invention of a paste for matches that did not contain white sulphur. Many products were submitted, but the judges recently re- ported that none of them fulfilled the required conditions. They were ei- ther defective in inflammability or ignited with friction on all surface alike. Some of them gave off in- flammable gases of a poisonous na- ture. Vegetables in Cuba. In Cuba cabbages frequently weigh as much as 20 pounds. All vegetables do well. Raddishes may be eaten from 14 to 18 days after sowing, while corn produces three crops per year. Sweet potatoes are perpetual. The natives dig up the tubers, cut them off and plant the old vines, which produce |* a new crop in three months. All sorts of fruits horticultural and greenhouse plants, and bulbous stock are grown with the most gratifying success. I rSpermenently cured.No fits or nervous- nessafter first day’s use of Dr. Kline's Great NerveRestorer. §2trial bottle and treatisefree Dr:B. H. Kunz, Litd., 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa. Children that are hard to raise should be brought up with a round turn. J. C. Simpson, Marquess, W. Va., says: “Hall's Oatarrh- Cure cured me of a verybad case of catarrh.” Druggists sell it, 75c. There’s plenty of room at the top, but not at the top of a church steeple. —_— Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for children teething soften the gums, reduces inflamma- tion,allays pain,cures wind colie. 25c. abottle The stamp on a love letter doesn’t al- ways stick to faets. Pis0’s Cure is tho begt medicine we ever used for all affections of throat and lungs®-Wu. O. Expsriy, Vanburen, Ind., Feb. 10, 1900. Some men’s prospects are so fine that they ean’t be seen. ITS TTR YER RYE) § “For two years I suffered ter- 4 ribly from dyspepsia, with great 8 depression, and was always feeling @ poorly. I then tried Ayer’s Sarsa- i parilla, and in one week I was a new man.””—John McDonald, Philadelphia, Pa. Don’t forget that it’s “Ayer’s” Sarsaparilla i that will make you strong ¥ and hopeful. Don’t waste d your time and money by # trying some other kind. 8 Use the old, tested, tried, d and true Ayer’s Sarsapa- i rilla. $1.00 a bottle. All druggists. % Ask your doctor what he thinks of Ayer’s B} Sarsaparilia. He knews all about this grand B® old family mele Follow hic advice and J 111 be satisfied. Wow J. C. AYER Co0., Lowell, Mass, ilious? Dizzy? Headache? Pain back of your eyes? It’s your liver! Use Ayer’s Pills. Want your moustache or beard a beautiful brown or rich black? Use Buckingham’s Dye 50 cts. of druggistsor R. P. Hall & Co., Nashua, N.H 100 Al 256. 500. Drugglsts Genuine stamped C C C. Never sold in bulk, Beware of the dealer who tries to sell “‘something just as good.” Vouk Grease Thompson's Eye Water NERVOUS sistirny SYSTEMIC CATARRA, (Pe-ru-na is theouly Systemic Catarrh Remedy known in the Medical Profession.) 4 b b JIBS. IDA I, GREGORY A LEADING CLUBWQMAN OF DENI. (Gro. Mrs, Ida L. Gregory, President of the Poets’ and Authors’ Club of Colo- rade, President of Colorado Art Club, Director of School of Industry and Design, Vice-President of Sherman Art League, Is One of the Leading Club Women of Colorado. In a recamt letter from 2 Grant ave- nue, Denver, Colo., this prominent lady says: “Some years ago my husband sif- fered from nervous prostration and advising with a friendly druggist he brought home a bottle of Peruna. His health was restored from its use, his appetite was increased and rest- ul sleep came to him. I therefore eartily endorse Peruna as an hon- est remedy worthy the good things ee _. which are said of it.”’—1da L. Greg - ory. Nervous prostration is so frequently associated with systemic catarrh that some doctors do not distinguish be- tween the two. In systemic catarrh the diséase has pervaded the whole system and there is a constant loss of vital fluids from the mucous mem- branes. A great many people are doctoring for nervous prostration who would be immediately cured by a course of Pe- runa. Peruna makes clean, healthy mucous membranes. By this preser- vation of the fluids the weakening drain of their discharge is prevented. The medical profession is just begin- 2 ng ©00000000000000e 2000000600 co8%e o0004 ning to awaken to the fact that chronls catarrh, especially systemic catarrh, will soon preduce a condition so near- ly resembling nervous prostration that it is very difficult to tell one from the other. . Porinn cures these cases without ail. If you do not derive prompt and sat- isfactory results from the use of Pe- runa, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman-Sanitarium, Columbus, O. All JIGS FAILTN A DRY TIME (NH QF THE FISH NEVER FAILS IN A WET TIME. THE FISH as a sign has a history. This is told in an interesting booklet which is yours for the asking. J OUR GOODS ARE ¢ ON SALE EVERYWHERR. “Bupa® | Prince Orsini, who is the owner of the beautiful Lake Nemi, near Rome, has facilitated in every possible way the efforts of the Italian government to raise the two galleys of Caligula which were sunk A. D. 41 off the shores of this lovely sheet of water. Sufficient has been reeovered at pres- ent to disclose the astounding fact that the vessels in question measure respectively 225 feet and 237 feet in length by 60 feet and 75 feet in width. Their decks were evidently covered with splendid mosaics, and already an immense number of magnificent bronze objects, among them a beau- tiful head of Medusa, are to be seen at the prince's villa, where eventually a museum is to be organized of ob-| jects in connection with the sunken | { galleys. } By BE BE 4 I have been using Ripans Tabules for nearly a year and have derived a great benefit from them. I had suffered with stomach trouble and dizziness when going to bed at night. Seeing that the Ripans Tab- ules relieved me, I continued the use of them to the present time, and my stomach is now in good condi- tion and the dizziness has left me. At druggists. The Five-Cent packet is enough for an ordinary occasion. The family bottle, 60 cents, contains a supply for a year. E1SO'S CURE : o GURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. s msg] Best Cough Byrup. Tastes Good. Use ('e} in time. Sold by druggists. Te INE oh a le: S13 62¢ IN'S WIZARD OIL HI Rac (el No LORBGGISTS SEI war RR PS Y NEW DISCOVERY; gives J quick relief and cures worst casas. Book of testimonials and 10 days’ treatmeat Free. Dr. H. H. GREEN'S SONS, Bex B, Atlanta, Gs. OR IRRITATIONS OF THE SKIN, RASHES, Heat Perspiration, Lameness, and Soreness incidental to Canoeing, Riding, Cycling, Tennis, or any Athletics, no other application so soothi ng, cooling, and refreshing as a bath with CUTICURA SOAP, followed by gentle anointings with CUTICURA, the Great Skin Cure. Millions of Women use CUTICURA beautifying the skin, for cleansing the SOAP for preserving, purifying, and scalp of crusts, scales, and dan8ruff, and the stopping of falling hzir, for softening, whitening, and soothin red, rough, and sore hands, for baby rashes and chafings, in the form of for annoying irritations and inflamma 5 aths tions of women, or too free or effen- sive perspiration, in the form of washes for ulcerative weaknesses, and many sanative, antiseptic purposes which readily suggest themselves, as well as for all the pirpeses of the toilet, bath, and nursery. CUTICURA SOAP i combines de cate emollient properties derived from CUTICURA, the great skin cure, with the purest of cleansing ingredients and the most refreshing of flower odours. Nothing can induce those who have once used these great skin purifiers and beautifiers to use any others. Sold throughout the world. British Depot: F. Newsery & Sons, 27, Charterhouse Sq., London, E, C. Porter Dru AND Chem. Core., Sole Props., Boston, U. 8, A. Copyright applied for.
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